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SHIRT.

No.-254,833. Patented Mar. 14,1882.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HORACE W. MESSER, OF TROY, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF TVVO-THIRDS TO MANVILLE8s CLARK, OF SAME PLACE.'

SHIRT.

SPECIFICATIoNvformmg part of Letters Patent No. 254,833, dated March 14,1.822,

` Application nieu september 21, 18er (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: i y

Be it known that I, HORACE W. Messen, ot' the city of Troy, county ot'Rensselaer, and State ot' New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Bosom Shirts,oi'which the following is a specicat-ion. iMy invention relates to improvements in bosoinshirts; anditconsistsinamethod ot' constructing and arranging a shirt body and bo- Io soin withthe latter detached and free from the former at the top ofthe bosom, andthe latter constructed with tabs or subtending ends on the neckband,which are arranged to pass into or through guideways or pockets formedupon the neckband ofthe body, at its sides, the object of theimprovement being to produce a means by which the'area of theneckopening may be enlarged or decreased, and so that collars ofdiiering length may be used and atzo tachedtotheshirt.Duringhotweatheralarger area of neck-opening and a larger and longercollar than that necessitated in cold weather promotes the comfort ofthe wearer, and by means ot' my improved method ot making the combinedshirt-and bosom this desired adjustment is easily produced.`

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part ot' this specitication,there are two figures illustrating my invention, in both of which the 3osaine designation by reference-letters is used.

Figure l shows a view of a bosoln shirt with the bosom detached from thebody at the top ot' the bosom, with the latter turned over outwardly andfolded down. This view shows the subtending tabs on the end of thebosom-neckband and the guideways or horizontal pockets made on thesidesof the shirt-body neckband to receive the lapping and subtending tabends of the bosomneckband. Fig. Zillus- 4o trates a bosom shirt madeaccording to my Inethod,with the subtendingendsofthebosomneckband tabsinserted in the guideways or pockets made in the sides of theneckbandotl: the shirt-body, and with the bosom in the p04` sition itisin when worn.

containing myinvention are designated by letter-reference and theirconnected arrangement described as follows The bosom B is shown 5o asdetached from the shirtbodyA atthe top, and by means ofthe facing Fconnected with the body at S". The bosom B is cnt out to receive theneekbnnd N N, and this latter has tabs c e upon each end,.which projectbeyond the bosom. Upon the sides of the neckband of the body (designatedatNH)V are formed the pockets or guides S, made by a thickness ofmaterial sewed to the exterior of the bodyneckband N" at its top andbottom, as designated at a b. These guides or pockets receive 6o thetabs upon the neckband of thebosom, (designated at e e,)the latterpassing into or through them for lapping adjustment, and by means ofwhich the neck-opening in the shirt may be enlarged or reduced in area,so as to o5 attach at d a longer or shorter collar.

While I have shown the guides or pockets S as produced by means of anouter thickness of material attached to the ueekband ot' theshirt-hody,the guides or pockets maybe made 7o by cutting one or morevertical slots in the neckband ot' the shirt-body to receive the tabsupon the neckband ofthe bosom, and in either case the guides so madewill perform the same office and in the same manner.

I am well aware that shirt-bosoins have been made with the upper portionofthe bosom unattaehed to the shirt, with strings attached to the endsof the bosom-band, arranged to tie at the back independently of theneckband of 8o the shirt proper. This method otl using a shirt-bosomunattaehed atthe top differed from mine in the fact that tabs are formedupon the bosom-band, which attach to the neekhand of the shirt properVat its sides by my method, and the means of attachment is an adjustableone.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, Iso In a bosom shirt, the combination of a shirt- 9bosom unattached to the shirt-body at the top ot' the bosom,subtendingtabsformed upon the neckband of the bosom,and pockets orguides made in the neckband of the shirt-body, as

i, and forthe purposes describedl and set forth'. The several parts ofthe shirt illustrated as y September, 1881.

Signed at Troy, New York, this 17 th day of HORACE W. MEssEE.

Witnesses:

GHAELEs S. BRINTNALL,

